DISPRAISED Synonyms: 83 Similar and Opposite Words

dispraised

verb

past tense of dispraise

as in criticized

to express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of the movie is an old-fashioned romance, and in calling it that, I don't mean to dispraise it at all

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Another user also criticized the company in a Microsoft Learn article, and pointed to Harry Potter author JK Rowling and her controversial views on transgender people.

— Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 8 Sep. 2026
Their friendship is apparently still solid, and Swift hasn’t publicly criticized him or Macklemore.

— StyleCaster Editors, StyleCaster, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of criticized

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His minor-league numbers weren’t stellar, but some of that can be blamed on the Pacific Coast League.

— Andy McCullough, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
The attacks early Tuesday came hours after the rebels blamed Saudi Arabia for an airstrike that hit a prison in Yemen’s northern province of Jawf.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of blamed

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Gauff double-faulted six times, including twice in a row in one game.

— Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
An administrative court in Caen, France, faulted the Deauville city hall on Monday for removing a photograph taken in Gaza from a local festival, reported AFP and Le Monde.

— Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of faulted

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During the news conference, Sheinbaum denounced the idea that the music contest was a form of censorship.

— Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
El Sayed denounced the terrorist attack, perpetrated by a Lebanese immigrant who lost family in an Israeli airstrike, but qualified it at the time, offering support for those affected by Israel’s strikes on Hezbollah in Lebanon.

— Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 31 Aug. 2026

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